Fresh off an upset of Carleton in the Ontario University Athletics men’s basketball final, Mike L’Africain and the Ottawa Gee-Gees will be the top seed in this weekend’s Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships in Ottawa.

L’Africain, a Loyola high school grad, scored seven points and added three assists as Ottawa edged Carleton 78-77 to win the Wilson Cup Sunday in Toronto. It was the Ravens’ first loss in 25 games this season, allowing Ottawa (23-2) to vault ahead of Carleton in the CIS seedings.

L’Africain, who averaged 13.4 points per game this season while shooting 46% from the field and from behind the three-point line, will see plenty of familiar faces at the CIS championships. Seven other Oakville residents will also be competing in the tournament, including five members of the seventh-seeded McMaster Marauders.

Rohan Boney, Lazar Kojovic, Trevon McNeil, Adam Presutti and Aaron Redpath helped the Marauders to a 20-5 record and an OUA bronze medal this season. Presutti (8.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game) and Boney (6.1 points and 3.7 rebounds per game) are Loyola grads, McNeil (4.4 points per game) is a former Holy Trinity student, Kojovic attended T.A. Blakelock and Redpath (10.5 points, 2.7 rebounds per game) attended high school in Ajax before moving to Oakville.

Abbey Park alumnus Chris McLaughlin anchors the fourth-ranked Victoria Vikes squad that is 22-5 this year. McLaughlin ranked 12th in the Canada West league this season in points per game (14.6), third in rebounding (8.3), fourth in field-goal percentage and eighth in blocks.

Other participants in this year’s CIS final eight include the Alberta Golden Bears (24-5), Saint Mary’s Huskies (16-6) and Saskatchewan Huskies (18-8). The tournament begins Friday with quarter-final games. Saturday’s semifinals and Sunday’s championship game will be televised live on Sportsnet.